I use tarot and oracle cards as tools for reflection and contemplation. Rather than divining the future, they are a way for me to look more deeply at the "now."
"The goal isn't to arrive, but to meander, to saunter, to make your life a holy wandering." ~ Rami Shapiro

Thursday, October 17, 2019

Mastery Through Adaption

From the Spirit Within Tarot, the Three of Pentacles; from the Answer Deck, Bad News:
          The Three of Pentacles is about the combination of skills, knowledge, and resources that can create a well-respected team. Each person has a part to play, and while they each may offer suggestions, they stay in their own lane rather than tell someone else how to do their job. The end result is something they all will have had a hand in accomplishing. Yet Bad News shows up on the doorstep. Is there any project that sails through without any bumps or unforeseen problems? Very rarely, I would imagine. I can pitch a hissy fit or sit down and sob, but neither of those will help to solve the issue. It's time to take a beat, breathe and get grounded. Clear, calm thinking will come up with some alternatives.

What is malleable is always superior
to that which is immovable.
This is the principle of controlling things
by going along with them,
of mastery through adaptation.
~ Lao-Tzu
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  1. Sharyn Mallow WoerzOctober 17, 2019 at 7:41 AM

    a hissy fit can be cathartic so serves a purpose ;)

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    1. thesycamoretreeOctober 19, 2019 at 8:01 AM

      But only if it is time-limited and not directed at another. :)

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  2. Carolyn TindorOctober 17, 2019 at 1:05 PM

    Almost always there will be a glitch. The problem usually is we make a mountain out of a molehill.

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    1. thesycamoretreeOctober 17, 2019 at 1:20 PM

      I agree, though sometimes the glitch might be slightly larger than a molehill. :)

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